The Veteran's appeal for service connection and rating increases has been dismissed due to his death before a decision was made.
The deciding factor: The Veteran died during the pendency of his appeal, thus the Board lacks jurisdiction over the case.
- Claimed conditions
- stomach/abdominal disability, right trochanteric bursitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19183113
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Decisions by this judge: 2,699 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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